Trump Administration Continues to Erode Federal LGBTQ Protections

CONCORD, N.H. —The Department of Justice (DOJ) today released new guidance that gives federal agencies, employees, and government contractors unprecedented leeway in discriminating against LGBTQ people. The guidance represents a radical departure and sweeping reinterpretation that far exceeds the original modest intent of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), which was passed to protect people from being discriminated against on the basis of their religion.

The guidance comes just one day after the administration also announced its intention to no longer interpret Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as protecting transgender people from workplace discrimination.

Linds Jakows, campaign manager for Freedom New Hampshire, released the following statement regarding the discriminatory ban:

“Protections for LGBTQ Americans are facing increasing threats at the federal level. The recent actions out of the Department of Justice in Washington are particularly dangerous for transgender Granite Staters, because we don’t have any explicit laws on the books to protect us from discrimination. Transgender people can – and too often, do – face discrimination in their workplace, in access to housing, and in public spaces.

“The good news is, we can do something about this. Our state representatives and senators can and must take up legislation that would ensure transgender people are protected from discrimination in all its insidious forms. Action at the state level is more urgent now than it’s ever been before.”

Freedom New Hampshire is a nonpartisan coalition working to educate people about what it means to be transgender, the unique hardships that transgender people face and to grow support for fair and equal treatment of transgender Granite Staters under the law.

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